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. 2020 Dec 17;12(12):e12123. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12123

Figure 6. Long-Term Effects of Official Recommendations by the CMS and the AAOS on Public Interest in ACL Reconstruction-Related Search Terms.

Figure 6

Mean total search volumes before and after March 2020. Mean relative search volumes are compared between the period before announcements by the CMS and AAOS (January 2015 – Feb 2020) to the period afterward (March 2020 – May 2020). Pre- and post-announcement mean relative search volumes for each term were 78.37% and 51.33% for "ACL reconstruction" (p<0.0001*), 68.98% and 48.00% for "ACL replacement" (p = 0.012*), 51.05% and 36.33% for "anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction" (p = 0.136). Legend: * p < 0.05.

CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; AAOS: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; ACL: anterior cruciate ligament